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President Joe Therber (left) and English teacher Pat Tucker. Mrs. Tucker received the 2015 Father Tom Service Award.   
       
Well done, 
faithful servants

Greetings! 

Today I'd like to introduce two people from our Scecina community who recently have earned some special honors.

Mrs. Pat Tucker, English teacher,
 received the Father Tom Service Award at our annual Father Tom Mass on Oct. 23. As her daughter Bridget, Class of 2003, wrote us:  "She pushes (her students) toward excellence and holds them up when they need a hand. She expects students to live up to the potential she sees in them." Pat certainly is deserving of this award for "giving that extra" to Scecina over the years.

Bob Cathcart, Scecina Class of 1978, was inducted into DePauw University's Athletics Hall of Fame this month. Bob, who graduated from DePauw in 1982, was a linebacker for the Tigers. At Scecina, he played linebacker and tight end, earned All-City and All-State Honors and was named to the 1978 Indiana All-Star football squad. Four of his siblings also graduated from Scecina: Pat Duncan '74, Tom '77, Joe '80, and Bill '82. Bob now is senior vice president of global sales for Hansen Medical in the Greater New York area.

Congratulations to Bob and Mrs. Tucker! 

I hope you have Club 53 on your calendar for Saturday night, Nov. 14, in our gymnasium. This fun night benefits our students through providing support for tuition assistance, athletics and student life. Please join us!

Take care, 
 
Joe Therber
President
Coach Ott Hurrle '70 wants you at Club 53!
Coach Ott Hurrle '70 wants you at Club 53!

We've got some great Club 53 auction items this year, including: Six tickets to dinner with Jimmy "Mad Dog" Matis at the Colts Grille and an Andrew Luck-autographed football; a week at a Florida condo; weekend stays at cabins in Gaitlinburg, Tenn., and Wasatch Lake in Indiana; center court seats for the Pacers; concert tickets; restaurant gift certificates; private wine tastings and parties; and much more. 

The auction will go live next week through Wedo Auctions at wedoauctions.net/scecina. Check it out starting Nov. 3!

Club 53
When: Saturday, Nov. 14 
Where: Scecina's gymnasium
Tickets: $50 early bird price ($65 starting Nov. 2). 
Raffle: Get your tickets by noon Monday Nov. 2 to be entered into the early bird drawing for $500. ALL ticket buyers also are entered into the Club 53 raffle prize of $2,500, to be drawn the night of the event.

Club 53 sponsors are:

University
  • Marian University
Platinum 
Gold
  • Jockamo Upper Crust Pizza
Silver
  • Manley's Irish Mutt
  • Shackelford Graphics Inc.
Local beer by SunKing and Flat 12. Local wine by Easley Winery. Local food from Chef Dan's Southern Comfort, Dufour's, Steer-In, Jockamo, Tie-Dye Grill and Bar-B-Q Heaven. Music by Tastes Like Chicken.

Bob Cathcart (third from left) with (from left) son Dylan; wife Janine; his mother, Joyce; sister Pat Duncan '74; brother Joe '80; and Joe's wife, Kim. 
Alumni Spotlight:
Bob Cathcart '78

"I am very thankful and have fond memories of playing for the Crusaders," notes Bob Cathcart, who also played football at DePauw University, where he recently was inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame."(Scecina) Coach (Ken) Leffler and Coach (Ott) Hurrle were great role models for us. We learned to play hard and never quit."
 
English teacher Pat Tucker received the Father Tom Service Award from President Joe Therber during the annual Father Tom Mass on Oct. 23. Pat is a beloved and respected teacher among the students among the Scecina faculty and staff. Scecina has been blessed with her grace and spirit for the past 14 years. The honor is well deserved.
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Scecina Student Spotlight, a new feature on scecina.org, introduces the Crusader community each week to a current Scecina student who was the recipient of the President's Academic Excellence award. The PAE is awarded to the top 10 students in each class. Visit scecina.org/academics or click on the pictures below to read about these students.
Jackie Hurst '17
Sam Traylor '18

Maggie Mayer '16
Chris Duncan '17
 
Scecina's Advanced Choir and Orchestra performed their second annual Sacred Music concert on Oct. 21 at Our Lady of Lourdes Church to an enthusiastic audience. 

This year's concert featured unique choices such as "Bring Him Home" from "Les Miserables," with senior Py Khonwai as soloist; "He Lives in You," from "The Lion King;" and "Baba Yetu," which written as a video game theme.

Music teacher Donnie Glowinski started the Sacred Music program last year, with the plan to travel to a different church within the Archdiocese of Indianapolis' East Deanery each fall for the performance.
  • Frank Della-Penna '59 poses with Akiko Ito, Chief, UN Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at a UN conference in Uruguay in September 2015.
     
  • Linda (Ostendorf) Stratmann '67 retired after a long nursing career of 43 years! She recently was working as manager of a clinic she started at an Exon Mobil plant in Pensacola, Fla. After being retired for one week, however, she was called by Baptist Hospital in Pensacola to work PRN, which she has accepted. It will only be a few days a month, "which is still like retirement," Linda says. Thanks to Scecina and St. Vincent, she has had an excellent career. 
    Rick '62 and Linda '67 (Ostendorf) Stratmann

  • Mike '78 and Laura (Tague) Wagoner '78 were finally married on September 12, 2015. That was 41 years after their first date during their freshmen year at Scecina! 
     
  • Lance Bradbury '99 graduated in May from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. Lance successfully passed the Indiana Bar Examination in July and was admitted to the practice of law in Indiana and the U.S. Districts of Northern and Southern Indiana on September 28.
If you would like to submit a class note, you can do so at: 

 
The Scecina Veterans Committee desires to add a plaque to the base of the bronze bust of Father Tom that lists those graduates who have given their lives in military service to our country from Vietnam to the present. Please click here to see a current listing of alums that the school is aware of who fit the criteria.

If you are aware of others, please provide Gia Spaulding at gspaulding@scecina.org or (317) 352-3229 with the person's name and as much information as you have regarding the service and death of the individual.
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